Vengeance With My White Knight by Maya Kensington

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

The conservative elders of the Ashford family were no joke.

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Even though Chris seemed to be in charge of the Ashford Group now, those elders still had more than enough power to call the shots.

That was probably why Chris had rushed back home and changed his mind so quickly–deciding the wedding was back on

after all.

Chris tried to smooth things over. “Our marriage doesn’t concern Olivia.”

A cold smile tugged at Stephanie’s lips. “Doesn’t it?”

She didn’t believe for a second that Chris would keep this from her.

Just as she finished speaking, Chris’s phone buzzed. He pulled it out and saw Olivia’s name on the screen.

Stephanie glanced at it, and sure enough, Olivia’s name was flashing back at her.

Chris shot her a stern look and said, “The wedding is going ahead as planned. No changes.”

Stephanie waved him off dismissively. “Go ahead and take the call.”

There was a hint of sympathy in her voice–a little sympathy for Chris, of all people.

He was the heir to Long Harbor’s top family, but when it came to his own marriage, it was clear he couldn’t even make his own decisions.

first failed to go through, and Olivia immediately again. Chris then stood

out to the balcony,

when he’d left this same spot, he’d been full of

though, he was deliberately avoiding Stephanie, showing her at least a bit of

the other end of the line, it only

for a while, and when he finally hung

a quick glance at Stephanie, looking like he was about

Stephanie said, “I guess… she’s feeling bad again?”

sarcasm, like she already knew Olivia’s

darkened even further, clearly annoyed by Stephanie’s jab at

he was too drained and defeated to say

banquet tomorrow. You’re coming with me. I’ll have someone bring

a suggestion–it was an order, a way to undo her earlier statement about canceling

an eyebrow, her gaze steady on

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and stepped forward, grabbing her by both shoulders. “What I said this morning was thoughtless. Our wedding is

was trying to coax her into agreeing.

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if it hadn’t been for his family’s interference, Chris had planned to give her the cold shoulder for a

maybe, if he was just a bit gentler with her,

I am? Your puppet? You think you can just arrange

been earlier that morning,

thanks to his family’s pressure, he was shamelessly

is so important, but what about mine? If I backtrack now, won’t